Varnish or color cup.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REGINALD L. S. DOGGETT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

VARNISH OR COLOR OUP.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent N o. 748,052, dated December 29, 1903- Application led October 14, 1902. Serial No. 127.206. (No model.)

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, REGINALD L. S. Doe- GETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Varnish or Color Cup, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical sectional view; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the handle reversed; Fig. 3, a detail of the reversible handle detached; Fig. 4, a plan View of the main receptacle; Fig. 5, a vertical sectionalview showing the strainer attachment in position, and Fig. 6 a detail of the strainer attachment detached.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide simple means for detachably securing together the main receptacle and the wiping-receptacle.

Another object 'of `the invention is to pro` vide for the main receptacle a reversible and vertically-adjustable handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple strainer by means of which the varnish and color Vmay be freed from foreign substances, which strainer is designed to be detachably secured to the top ofthe main receptacle.

Other and equally importantobjects of the invention will appear hereinafter. y

The device is comprised of three receptacles, the main color or varnish holdingreceptacle lbeing of any desired shape and considerably larger than the supplemental section 2. The main receptacle is preferably formed with a straight portion 3 of its vertical wall, the upper end of this .straight portion forming a wiping edge. Opposite this straight portion 3 and to the outer side ofthe vertical wall of the main receptacle are secured two vertical guides 4, which are parallel and are separated from each other a suitable distance, their upper ends tting against the lower edge of the ilauge 5, formed around the upper edge of the receptacle. 4Fitting between these guides and the outer wall of the receptacle is a plate 6, whose vertical edges are adapted'to slide under edges of the guides, said plate being adapted to be removed from engagement with the guides at the lower ends thereof, the flange at the upper edge of the receptacle preventing the plate being upwardly withdrawn from between them. Secured to the outer side of this slide is a handle 7, which is located nearer to one end of said slide than to the other end thereof. The object of this particular construction is to permit the handle to be adis in the position shown in Fig. l, it is intended that the thumb of the hand beinserted therein, the bottom of the main receptacle resting on the palm of the hand. In this `way the entire weight of the device is supvported in the palm of the hand, thereby relieving the lingers of all the strain of supporting the cup. When the handle is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the fingers are inserted through the handle lin the usual way. By thus providing a reversible handle the cup may be held by the user in any one of various ways.

The supplemental receptacle 2 is formed with the straight inner wall 9, which is ofsubstantially the same height as the vertical wall of the main receptacle, and this inner wall is provided at its upper edge with a downwardextending lip 10, which is adapted to be engaged over the upper edge of the straight portion 3 of the main,` receptacle. Near the lower edge of this wall 9 is secured a bracket- 11, which is adapted to engage keepers or guides 12, secured tothe straight portion 3 of the main receptacle near the lower edge thereof. By this means the supplemental receptacle isfirmlylbut detachably held to the ICO over it without in the least injuring the hair or bristles of the brush. As shown in the drawings, this wiping edge is straight and horizontal; but it is evident that it may be curved to accommodate and preserve the natural shape of the various forms of brushes, the straight wiping edge shown in the drawings being best adapted for flat brushes.

The supplemental receptacle is adapted to receive the wipings from the brush after the brush has been used and before it is dipped into the varnish or color contained in the main receptacle. The object of this is to prevent the dust and all foreign substances which may adhere lo the brush while it is in use from entering the varnish in the main receptacle, thereby keeping the varnish or color clean and of a uniform consistency.

To provide a convenient means for straining the wipings or other varnish or color which is to be poured into the main receptacle, astraining attachment is provided. This attachment is comprised of an open-ended tubular section 14, which is of the same horizontal contour as the main receptacle, but slightly smaller in diameter in order that its lower edge may be passed within the said receptacle. Secured to the cuter wall of this section 14 are three downward-extending clips or clamps 15, which are adapted to engage over the upper edge of the main receptacle on the outer side thereof to detachably hold the section 14 in position. Glamped between the main receptacle and the lower edge of the section 14 and extending entirely across the main receptacle is a sheet of straining material 16, such as filtering or cheese cloth. It is obvious that it is only necessary to pour the contents of the supplemental receptacle int-o the section 14 and to agitate it and permit it to iiow through the filtering or cheese cloth into the main receptacle. It is obvious that all of the varnish or color may be strained when it is poured into the main receptacle, if desired.

The main receptacle is formed with the vertical wall ct and the bottom b. The bottom is curved upward at its edges, as shown clearly in Figl,"tlema-in-parthmherbottom, however; beingat angdiormingma,resting-surface for' the cup. The joint between the upper edge of the bottom piece and the lower edge of the vertical wall is flush on the inner side of the receptacle, a shoulder c being formed on the bottom to receive the lower edge of the vertical wall and to maintain the inner surfaces of the bottom section and the vertical wall flush at their meeting edges. The object of this is to avoid all corners and large seams inthe interior of the cup, thus rendering it very easy to clean and preventing the lodgment of varnish or color in the same. The bottomof the supplgmental or wipings receptacle and the vertical wall thereof is connected in the same manner as the bottom and vertical wall of the main receptacle and for the same purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a varnish and color cup, the combination of a main receptacle formed with an outward-extending ange at its upper edge, a supplemental wiping-receptacle secured' to the outer side of the main receptacle, the upper edge of the outer wall of this wiping-receptacle being formed into a brush-wiping edge, a pair of vertical guides secured to the outer side of the main receptacle and extending from the outward-extending iiange at the upper edge thereof to a point near the bottoni of said receptacle, a vertically-slidable plate having its vertical edges engaged under the guides attached to the receptacle, the upper edge of said plate abutting against the flange at the top of the receptacle when said plate is in its uppermost position and being freely removable Ifrom said guides at the lower ends thereof, and a handle secured to said plate nearer to one end than to the other, whereby said plate and handle may be reversed in the guides for the purpose set forth.

2. In a varnish and color cup the combination of a main receptacle, asupplemental wipin g-receptacle detachably secured to the outer side of the main receptacle, the outer wall of said supplemental receptacle being extended above the wall of the main receptacle, the upper edge of said outer wall being formed into a brush-wiping edge, and the inner wall of said supplemental receptacle being of substantially the same height as the wall of the main receptacle, and a vertically-movable and reversible` handle-plate detachably secured to the outer side of the main receptacle, and a handle secured to said plate nearer to one end thereof than to the other, whereby in one position of the plate the handle will be near the top of the receptacle, and in its reverse position it will be near the bottom thereof.

3. In a varnish and color` cup the combination of a main receptacle, a wiping-receptacle detachably secured to the outer side of said main receptacle, the outer wall of said supplemental receptacle being extended above the top of the main receptacle, the upper edge of said outer wall being formed into a wiping edge, and the inner wall of said supplemental receptacle being of substantially the same height as the wall of the main receptacle, a vertically-movable and reversible slide secured to the outer side of the main receptacle at a point opposite the wiping-receptacle, and a handle secured to said slide nearer to one end thereof than to the other, whereby in one position of the plate the handle will be near the top of the receptacle, and in its reversed position it will be near the bottom thereof.

4. In a varnish and colorcup the combination of a main receptacle formed with one straight vertical wall, a supplemental wipingreceptacle provided with clips by which it IOO IIO

may be detachably connected to the straight vertical wall of the main receptacle,one of said clips fitting over the upper edge of the straight Vertical wall of the main receptacle, the outer wall of said supplemental receptacle extending above the main receptacle, the upper edge of said outer wall being formed into a wiping edge, a reversible and vertically-movable slide secured to the outer side of the main receptacle at a point opposite the straight wall thereof, and a-handle secured to said slide nearer to one end thereof than, to the other end, substantially as described, whereby in one position of the plate the handle will be near the top of the receptacle, and in its reversed position it will be near the bottom thereof. l 1

5. In a varnish and color cup, the combination of a main receptacle, a supplemental wiping-receptacle detachably secured to the outer side of the main receptacle, the outer wall of said supplemental wiping-receptacle being extended above the wall of the main receptacle, the upper edge of said outer wall being formed into a brush-wiping edge and the inner wall of said receptacle being of substantially the same height as the adjacent wall of the main receptacle, clips connected to the supplemental receptacle and engaging the adjacent wall of the main receptaclea pair of guides secured to the. main receptacle at a point substantially opposite the supplemental receptacle and extending from the upper edge thereof to a point near its bottom, a vertically-slidable plate held between these guides, means at the upper end of the guides for preventing said plate being upwardly withdrawn therefrom, said plate being freely removable from said guides at the lower end thereof, and a handle secured to said plate nearer to one end thereof than to the other, wherebyin one position of the plate the handle will be near the top of the receptacle and in its reversed position the handle will be near the bottom of said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of October, 1902.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. PEARSE, WM. R. DAVIS. 

